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M. A.'& J. H. JACKSON.

ROOFING TILE FASTENING.

Patented Dec.8,1891.

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YHE NORRIS rzrsns'cm, wowumo WASHING UNTTED STATES MARK A. JACKSON ANDJOHN H. JACKSON, or PHILADELPHIA, PENN- SYLVANIA.

ROOFING-TILE FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 464,503, dated December8, 1891.

Application filed April 8, 1891- Serial No. 388,120. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, MARK A. J ACKSON and JOHN H. J AOKSON, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Iniprovements in Roofing-Tile Fastenings, of which the followingis a specification.

Our invention has relation to roofing-tiles, and has for its object toprovide novel, simple, and efficient means whereby the same may besecured in the normal positions on the roof.

Heretofore when a tile has become displaced from any cause it has beenfound impossible, owing to the fact that the nail-holes therein are neartheir upper corners and therefore covered by the superimposed tiles, toreplace it without disturbing all those in the courses above, the samebeing vitrified and so hard and brittle as to prevent the punching ofholes therethrough between the joints of the overlapping tilcs withoutbreaking and rendering them Wholly unfit for use.

Our invention contemplates the obviation of these difficulties by theprovision of a spring-tongue secured to the upper end of the under sideof the tile to be replaced and proj ecting outwardly at its lower freeend, such tile being simply thrust into place beneath and withoutdisturbing the tiles in the course next above until said free end clearsthe upper edges of the tiles in the course next below and springsoutwardly so as to engage with such edges, thus operating as aspring-catch and preventing the slipping downward of andpermanentlysecuring the replaced tile against accidental displacement.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the details of ourinvention,Figure 1 is a plan view of an ordinary vitrified tile. Fig. 2is alike view of a tile with our improvements applied thereto. Fig. 3 isa plan view of the tiles laid in courses with our improved fasteningsecured to one of them and appearing in dotted lines, and Fig. 4 is anedge view of the same. Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section of atile with the improvements secured thereto.

A represents a tile of the ordinary shingle pattern, having the usualnailholes a a formed therein during the process of manufacture, andwhich, for the purposes of our invention, are adapted for the receptionof the rivets b b, which rivets are preferably tubular, although notnecessarily so, and have their heads 11 b abutting against the outerside of said tile.

O is a spring metal T-shaped plate having the slots 0 c in its head orcross-piece, which allow for variations in the distances between thenail-holes in tiles of different makes, secured to the upper part of theunder side of the tile A by the passage of the ends of the rivetsthrough said slots and the bending of such ends over onto the washers 12b as shown at c 0 the lower free end or leg 0 of said plate being bentoutwardly, and is of a length determined by the extent of weatherexposure desiredfor the tile, the same operating as a spring tongue orcatch.

D E F G represent other tiles similar to the tile A, having nail-holestherein for the passage of the nails cl (1 into the. sheathing H,whereby said'tiles are secured in position on the latter. Obviously whenthe tile A is thrust upwardly between the tiles D E F G the leg 0 willbe forced by its contact with the outsides of the tiles E F into closerelation with the tile to which it is attached until its end clears theupper edges of said tiles, when it will be free to spring out again intoits nor mal position, where it engageswith said edges and prevents theslipping downward ot the tile A. The tendency of the leg being alwaysfrom the tile obviates all danger of the same becoming disengaged andthe tile accidentally J At the same time, if it be desired displaced. toremove the tile for any purpose, the same can readily be accomplished bythrusting a long thin blade, as a ripper, beneath the tile and insertingthe end thereof beneath the springtongue, then drawing downwardly,disengaging the leg and allowing the tile to slip out unimpeded.

While we have shown our improvements as being applied to a fiat tile,the same can of course be applied to a tile of any other shape incross-section-for instance, a Spanish or curved tile-it-being onlynecessary to change the shape of the head of the plate 0 to conform tothe shape of the tile to which it is to be applied, the leg in all casesoperating in the same manner; also, while such improvements areprimarily designed for use on tile, the same are as readily applicableto roofing-slates without necessitating any change therein, dispensingwith the occasion for punching a hole in the center of the replacedslate opposite the joint of the overlapping slates for reception of thenail and placing a strip of tin over the latter to carry olf the dripfrom above.

What we claim as our invention is as follows:

1. A roofing-tile having a flat spring-tongue secured thereto andprojecting at its free end from the plane of the side of the tile towhich it is fastened, said free end being adapted to assume a positionin close relation with said side when said tile is thrust bet-ween theadjacent tiles and springing outwardly when it clears the upper edges ofthe subjacent tiles, with which edges said free end engages.

2. A rooting-tile having secured thereto a spring-metal plate providedwith slots and a depending leg, through which slots pass the1')late-fastenings, said leg at its free end projecting from the planeof the side of the tile to which it is secured and being adapted toassume a position in close relation with said side when said tile isthrust between the ad jacent tiles and springing outwardly when itclears the upper edges of the subjacent tiles, with which edges saidfree end engages.

A roofing-tile having secured thereto a spring-metal T-shaped platehaving transverse slots therein, through which slots and the tile passfastening-rivets, the leg of said plate at its free end projecting-fromthe plane of the side of the tile to which it is secured and beingadapted to assume a position in close relation with said side when saidtile is thrust between the adjacent tiles and springing outwardly whenit clears the upper edges of the subjacent tiles, with which edges saidfree end engages.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set 4 our hands this 3d day ofApril, A. D. 1891.

MARK A. JA'oKsoN. JOIIN It. JACKSON.

\Vitnesses:

R. DALE SPARHAWVK, WM. 11. PoWnLL,

